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ITEM #3 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 17, 2006 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: Community Development Department and City Attorney SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858 ENACTING FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS A MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF LAND USE ENTITLEMENTS AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE LA LOMA HILLS / PELLISIER RANCH AREA DATE: October 10, 2006 BACKGROUND: In May of 2004, the City Council directed the Planning Staff to undertake a comprehensive analysis and revision of the General Plan beginning with the Land Use Element. Staff and the City's General Plan consultants, EDAW (formerly known as P&D Consultants), have been working to gather information and prepare development scenarios for consideration by the Planning Commission and City Council for the entire City. EDAW and City staff are at the stage where they are analyzing data for the development of recommendations for proposed development scenarios and land uses in specific areas of the City, including the Pellisier, Ranch/La Loma Hills area ("Pellisier Ranch Area"). These development scenarios include making recommendations about proposed land uses and building intensities for proposed land use designations. On May 30, 2006, the City Manager's office presented images as possible blueprints for the Pellisier Ranch Area. The proposed uses were discussed along with the necessary steps to move toward ensuring quality and consistent development in a specific plan that is contemplated for the Pellisier Ranch Area. (See Exhibit A). In the meantime, City staff have received zoning inquiries and application filings for certain land uses within the Pellisier Ranch Area that have intense and unusual development and operating features. If such land uses were approved, they could be incompatible with the recommendations from EDSPAC (Economic Development Strategic Planning Advisory Committee) and the City Council's expressed vision for the Pellisier Ranch Area. Such land